PROGRAM

JUNIOR-SOLO

I round:

A) Piece of a lyrical character:

 

Bloch - Improvisation
Chopin/L. Auer - Nocturne

Glazunov - Meditation

Glazunov - Adagio from ballet “Raymonda”

Glière - Romance

Kabalevsky - Improvisation

Paganini - Cantabile

Rachmaninov - Romance

Rachmaninov - Vocalise

Szymanowski - Nocturne

Shostakovich/A. Tsyganov - Andantino

Shchedrin - In The Style of Albeniz

Tchaikovsky - Melody

Tchaikovsky - Song without words

Wieniawski - Legende

Veracini - Largo

or any other lyrical character piece of participant’s choice

B) Virtuoso piece:

Bartok - Romanian dances

Beriot - Scene de Ballet

Ernst - Othello Fantasy

Kreisler - Sicilienne and Rigaudon

Kreisler - Preludium and Allegro

Paganini - Sonata № 12

Ries - Perpetuum Mobile

Sarasate - Introduction and Tarantella

Vieuxtemps - Ballade et Polonaise

Vieuxtemps - Fantasia appassionata

Vieuxtemps - Rondino

Vitali/L. Charlier - Chaconne

Wieniawski - Scherzo-Tarantelle

Zimbalist – Golden Cockerel Fantasy

 

 

 

or any other virtuoso piece of participant’s choice


II round:

             Concerto for violin and orchestra accompanied by piano, I or II and III movements

Bruch - Concert № 1

Kabalevsky - Concert

Khachaturian - Concert

                                                                      Lalo - Symphonie Espagnole  (Any TWO or THREE of five movements)

Mendelssohn - Concert\

Saint-Saëns - Concert № 3

Spohr - Concert № 2

Viotti - Concert № 22;

Vieuxtemps - Concert № 5 (full)

Wieniawski - Concert № 2

 

or any other concerto of the same difficulties


SENIOR-SOLO

I round:

A) S. Bach for violin solo, one of the following:

 

- Adagio and Fugue from Sonata № 1 (g-moll, BWV 1001)
- Grave and Fugue from Sonata № 2 (a-moll, BWV 1003)
- Adagio and Fugue from Sonata № 3 (C-dur, BWV 1005)
- Allemande and Double, Courante and Double
or
- Sarabanda and Double, Tempo Di Borea and Double from Partita № 1 (h-moll, BWV 1002)
- Any two movements (Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gigue)
or
- Chaconne from Partita № 2 (d-moll, BWV 1004)
- Any three movements from Partita № 3 (E-dur, BWV 1006).


B) N. Paganini, one of 24 caprices for violin solo op.1

 

II round:

 A) Any sonata for violin and piano by:

 

Bartók

Bethoven

Brahms

Debussy

Franck

Janáček

Prokofiev

 

 

Ravel

Schnittke

Schubert

Schumann

Shostakovich

Szymanowski

Weinberg

OR ANY OTHER COMPOSER

B) A miniature piece of participant’s choice, solo or with piano (transcriptions are allowed)

                           C) Virtuoso Piece

Bartók - Rhapsody № 1, 2

Chausson - Poéme

Hubay - Carmen Fantasy

Paganini - I Palpiti

Paganini - Witches’ Dance

Ravel - Tzygane

Saint-Saëns - Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

Saint-Saëns - Havanaise

Saint-Saëns - Etude in the Form of a Waltz

Sarasate - Carmen Fantasy

Sarasate - Caprice Basque

Schubert - Rondo

Tchaikovsky - Valse Scherzo

Waxman - Carmen Fantasy

Wieniawski - Polonaise in D-dur or A-dur

Wieniawski - Variations on an Original Theme

Wieniawski - Fantasy on Themes from “Faust”

Ysaÿe - Any of the six sonatas for solo violin

 

or any other virtuoso piece of participant’s choice


III round:

 

 I. First movement with Cadenza of any of W.A. Mozart violin concertos  

 II. Concerto for violin and orchestra

Beethoven

Brahms

Dvořak

Glazunov

Lalo - Symphonie Espagnole (all movements)

Mendelssohn

Paganini - № 1

Prokofiev - № 1, 2

Shostakovich - № 1

Sibelius

Tchaikovsky

or any other violin  concerto of participant’s choice

All works except for the sonatas should be

performed by memory.